Until I read BROTHERHOOD, I had assumed that the "road to that positive ending", as you put it, would be relatively straightforward and that there wouldn't be much to say about it. In fact I fully expected to see LJ and Jamie grow closer over the course of the events in BROTHERHOOD. Boy was I ever wrong! Rather than taking the easy way out, Diana has effectively thrown a bomb into the middle of their relationship, widening the gulf between them to the point that we *need* a book-length explanation (SCOTTISH PRISONER) to show how it gets resolved. And in the meantime, giving us plenty to speculate about .... -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 14:14:06 09/10/07 Mon
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Karen
Subject: Until I read BROTHERHOOD, I had assumed that the "road to that positive ending", as you put it, would be relatively straightforward and that there wouldn't be much to say about it. In fact I fully expected to see LJ and Jamie grow closer over the course of the events in BROTHERHOOD. Boy was I ever wrong! Rather than taking the easy way out, Diana has effectively thrown a bomb into the middle of their relationship, widening the gulf between them to the point that we *need* a book-length explanation (SCOTTISH PRISONER) to show how it gets resolved. And in the meantime, giving us plenty to speculate about ....
In reply to: Oleander 's message, "I agree with Gwen- I remembered that Jaime was on the verge of killing John, but the overall tone of Jaimes time at Helwater ends so positively, I think that is the emotion we take with us. But the road to that positive ending is much longer than what we see in Voyager. I cannot wait for the next LJ book!" on 13:37:49 09/10/07 Mon

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